Minimum system requirements/Instructions

These presentations are developed in Flash. They require the following operating system/browser/Flash Player plug-in configurations:

PC:

Processor: Pentium III (or equivalent) or above, 450 MHz or higher
Memory Requirements: at least 128 MB of available RAM
Monitor capable of 800 x 600 display
Sound card/speakers
Network access or CD drive

Windows® 98 Second Edition
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.5-6.0.2800, Netscape(r) 7.x, Firefox 1.x
Flash Player: 6.079 or above

Windows ME
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.5-6.0.2800, Netscape 7.x, Firefox 1.x,
Flash Player: 6.079 or above

Windows 2000 service pack 4 or higher
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.5-6.0.2800, Netscape 7.x, Firefox 1.x
Flash Player 6.079 or above

Windows XP service pack 2 or higher
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 6.0.2900, Netscape 7.x, Firefox 1.x
Flash Player 6.079 or above

Macintosh®:

Processor: PowerPC G3 or above, 300 MHz or higher
Memory Requirements: at least 128 MB of available RAM
Monitor capable of 800 x 600 display
Sound card/speakers
Network access or CD drive

Mac OS® 9.x
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.1-5.2.1, Netscape 7.x
Flash Player 6.079 or above

Mac OS 10.1.x
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.2.x, Netscape 7.x
Flash Player 6.079 or above

Mac OS 10.2.x-10.3.x
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.2.1-5.2.3, Netscape 7.x, Firefox 1.x, and Safari 1.3 or higher
Flash Player 6.079 or above

Mac OS 10.4.x
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.2.3, Netscape 7.x, Firefox 1.x, and Safari 1.3 or higher
Flash Player 6.079 or above

About Flash Player

Flash Player must be installed on the presenting computer before these presentations can be viewed. If your computer lacks Flash Player, it can be downloaded from the following sites:

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
or
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Note: Web pages and addresses change periodically. Visit the Adobe home page at
http://www.adobe.com if the addresses listed above are no longer the most current.

Flash Player security:

Flash Player 8 introduced new security rules that may cause a security error when you view these presentations. Do the following to prevent this error message from displaying in the future:

1. Click the Settings button to launch the Flash Player Settings Manager. This will appear as part of the Adobe Web site but will actually change your locally installed Flash Player.
2. Select "Always allow."
   
   
   
   
3. Close all browser windows and re-launch your presentation.

PDF files and Adobe® Reader

The Leader's Guide, Handouts and License Agreement files are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader. A copy of the latest Adobe Reader software may be downloaded at

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html
or
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Note: Web pages and addresses change periodically. Visit the Adobe home page at
http://www.adobe.com if the addresses listed above are no longer the most current.

Loading the CD and launching the presentation's main menu

1. Insert the CD into the presenting computer's CD drive.
2. On a PC, double-click on the "My Computer" icon on the desktop then double-click on the CD icon in the "My Computer" window; on a Mac, double-click on the CD icon on the desktop.
3. Double-click on the ALPanFluEPK4-6 folder.
4. Double-click on the index.html file to launch the main menu page.*

Refer to the "Using these presentations" below for how to use this software.

*Mac OS 9 users: This step may not work on your computer. If it doesn't, launch your Web browser, go to the File menu and click on "Open file." In the dialog box that appears, go to the desktop and find the CD icon. Open it, and then double-click on index.html. This should launch the main menu page.

Using these presentations

We recommend changing your monitor's screen resolution to 800 x 600 pixels before making presentations with this software, so the presentations will fill the screen.

We also recommend closing out of any other applications running on the presenting computer before accessing the main menu page, other than the web browser that will be used for these presentations.

Because firewall software installed on the presenting computer can interfere with playing the presentations, we recommend that any firewall software be disabled (and the computer restarted if necessary) before accessing these presentations.

Before presenting, we recommend you test the presentations on your present hardware/operating system/browser/Flash Player configuration. If you experience problems during the testing of the presentations, we recommend upgrading your Flash Player at one of the sites listed above in the "About Flash Player" section.

Main menu page:

On this page are:

• The links to the three presentations, in 60-, 45- and 30-minute lengths. Determine the length of presentation you need to use, and click the link for that length.
• Links to:
  • this Read Me document (HTML file),
  • the End User License Agreement (PDF file),
  • the Leader's Guide (PDF file),
  • the Handouts (PDF file).

The Read Me document is an HTML screen that will appear in your browser. The Leader's Guide, Handouts and License Agreement are PDF files that will launch Adobe Reader when the links are clicked. The Leader's Guide may be printed out for the presenter's use; the Handouts may be given out for audience members to use.

Presentation pages:

Clicking a presentation link on the main menu page will bring you to a presentation page. On these pages you will be able to launch each section of that presentation. The 60- and 45-minute presentations have three sections each; the 30-minute version has two sections.

Clicking on the link to a section will allow you to begin the presentation (see "Giving the presentations," below).

Giving the presentations:

To begin a section, click the large round "forward/pause" button located at the bottom of the screen. Bulleted talking points and animations will appear in synchronization with the narration. At the end of each slide the narration will stop, allowing you to field questions or elaborate on that slide's content.

To advance to the next slide, click the forward/pause button (which will be glowing, making it easier to spot and click) and the narration will begin automatically.

You may pause the narration and slide animation whenever you wish—for example, to answer questions from the audience, lead a discussion or provide additional information. Click the forward/pause button to stop, then click the same button to restart from where you left off. Or, to restart from the beginning of the slide, click the back button (which returns you to the previous slide) and then click the forward/pause button.

At the end of each section, the narrator will prompt you to close the current window and return to the previous menu to begin the next section.

Volume control:

The volume control button is at the bottom of each screen, toward the left. The volume of the presentation may be adjusted by clicking on the speaker symbol and adjusting the slider control that pops up. Note: this volume control may be superseded by the host computer's volume control.

Leader's Guide:

You can print a copy of the Leader's Guide by clicking on the link to the Leader's Guide on the main menu page. With the Leader's Guide you'll have key information at your fingertips. For example, it allows you to view the full narration for each slide, in addition to a miniature image of the actual slide. It enables you to use such interactive features as the Discussion Questions, Classroom Suggestions and Notes sections, as well as the various presenter prompts (see pages 8-9 of the Leader's Guide for more information).

Handouts:

You can print a copy of the Handouts by clicking on the link to the Handouts on the main menu page. There are nine in total: two surveys and 7 activities. If you plan to distribute them to audience members during your presentation, be sure to have enough copies.

You may want to give people a copy of Survey #1 as they arrive. Ask them to fill it out. You can use these surveys in one of 2 ways:

• Have people fill them out individually or in groups, and keep them (to compare with Survey #2, given at the end of the presentation). This allows participants to assess their own learning.
• Have people fill them out individually, then collect them. At the end of the presentation, do the same for Survey #2. Then "score" both surveys to assess their learning yourself.

The other Handouts (#1–#7) may be used during the presentation. They can help enhance students' learning by reinforcing the presentation's main points.

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